Woolen undergarment.



L. B. PALMER.

WOULEN UNDERGARMENT. APPLIQAHON FILED JULYI9, 19m.

ZI YV'ENTOFP LENA B. PALMER, 0F GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA.

wooLnn UNDERGARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

Application filed July 19, 1915. Serial No. 40,714.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. LENA B. PALMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Glendale. in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful lVoolen Undergarment, ofwhich the following is a specification.

In washing woolen undergarments soap cannot be directly applied to thegarments without causing them to become dense. hard and unpleasant tothe skin due to shrinkage. The object of this invention is to provide awoolen under-garment with gussets or "-"'--inscts of easily washable andnon-shrinkable material at the points most apt to become soiled. Theprincipal points .of this character are the arm pits and the crotch.

The gussets or insets are preferably made of cotton, which willwithstand vigorous rubbing and to which soap may be directly appliedwithout causing undue shrinkage, but they may be made of any othersuitable material having the said properties.

In the accompanying drawing the single figure shows one style of unionsuit having insets at the crotch and arm pits according to the presentinvention.

Undergarments differ widely in style and shape and in each case thegussets should be made of proper size and shape to accomplish thedesired purpose. An approximately diamond shape is usually suitable forthe gussets under the arms and each should be made large enough toprevent the surrounding wool from' becoming stained in use and fromcoming in contact with the soap in washing. The inset d employed in thecrotch is preferably of the shape shown in the figure in the style ofgarment illustrated. In garments which are split all the way down thefront and which have flaps at the seat, the flaps should be made of theWashable material in addition to the surrounding portion shown in thedrawing.

The inset material should be of substantially the same weight as thewoolen portion of the garment and may either be woven into the garmentor secured therein in some such manne' as the arms are commonly attachedto the trunk. The diamond shaped inset under the arm may either be intwo pieces as shown at a and b at the left of the figure. in which casethe member (0 forms a part of the sleeve and the member 7) forms a partof the trunk. or the inset may be made of a single piece of material 0as shown at the right of the figure.

In this specification I have described the preferred en'ibodiment of myinvention. but it is to be understood that I contemplate otherarrangements. Furthermore. many changes or modifications of theinvention illustrated will readily occur to those skilled in the art andtherefore I do not desire to be limited to the exact arrangement shownand described but aim to cover all such changes and modifications ascome within the spirit and scope of the app-ended claims.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is

1. A woolen garment having insets of cotton in the arm pits and in thecrotch, whereby the parts of the garment most apt to be soiled may beeffectively cleansed.

2. A woolen garment having gussets in the arm pits. said gussets formingparts of the garment and being made of cotton or the like which may bemore easily and effectively cleansed than wool. substantially as shownand described.

3. A woolen undergarment having insets of cotton in the arm pits. saidinsets being diamond shaped and woven integrally with the garment.forming parts of the garment. substantially as shown and described.

4. In a woolen undergarment, arm pits formed of cotton gussets. saidgussets being integral with and forming p'arts of the garment.

5. An undergarment. said undergarmentbeing composed of wool exceptdiamond shaped parts in the armpits and crotch. said parts beingcomposed of cotton.

LENA B. PALMER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

